Geology of the Side Crater of the Erebus volcano, Antarctica

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 578-588

  Panter, Kurt S ^a   Winter, Brian ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Erebus volcano; mixed tephra; phonolite lava; phreatomagmatism; volcanic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CRATER; CRATER LAKE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PHONOLITE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MOUNT EREBUS; ROSS ISLAND;

EID: 55549115326     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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